Stockton, Calif. - The No. 73 Pacific men's tennis team swept Hawai'i, 7-0, Thursday afternoon at Oak Park Tennis club as the Tigers won every match.
Sem Verbeek defeated Felix Albert, 6-2, 6-0 at first singles, while Daniel Alameh dispatched Marcel Chan, 7-5, 6-3. Miguel Diaz cruised over Igor Kolaric, 6-0, 6-2, at third singles.
Alex Giannini (PAC) was pushed, but prevailed over Joakim Pinola, 7-5, 7-6 (6) at the fourth singles position. The Tigers also snuck past at the fifth spot as Bernardo Oliveira rallied past Nikolai Storch, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11). In sixth singles, Lance Ngo outlasted Ruben Blattner, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
The Tigers won the doubles point as Verbeek and Diaz defeated Albert and Marcel Chan, 6-3.
Alameh and Giannini teamed up for a win over Kolaric/Pinola, 6-2, while Oliveira, Bernardo and Ngo went unfinished against Blattner and Spencer Travalino
The Tigers improve to 3-4 on the season, while Hawai'i falls to 1-7.
"Today was a really good challenge," head coach Ryan Redondo said. "I knew what to expect from Hawai'i and they made us earn the victory and it definitely made us a better team. I think each guy learned something today that they need to improve on for their next match. We have a quick trip up to Gonzaga to start WCC play and we are definitely looking forward to getting after it again. I would like to thank Oak Park and all the fans that came out and all the ball kids that made the experience for the team that much more enjoyable."
Pacific will head to Spokane for the West Coast Conference opener on Saturday against Gonzaga at 11:00 a.m.